README: control mode vs experience level are different systems + NumLock note

The same careful tester hit the BASIC-mode trap twice because 'expert/
veteran modes' (menu experience) sound like control modes (M key).
Spelled out the distinction + the numpad NumLock dependency.
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arcattack
2026-07-24 12:47:15 -05:00
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@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ CONTROLS (keyboard):
NOTHING. Press M once for MID (pedals steer, stick twists the
torso -- the full experience). If 'turning does not work', it is
this, not a bug.
CONTROL MODE (BAS/MID/ADV, the M key IN the cockpit) is NOT the
menu's EXPERIENCE setting (novice/standard/veteran/expert) -- that
one changes the simulation (heat, damage), not your controls.
Numpad aim keys (8/2/4/6) need NUMLOCK ON; with it off they act as
arrow keys instead.
- / = ................ game volume down/up (saved between sessions)
H (hold) ............. coolant flush (dumps reservoir to cool everything)
C .................... cycle a coolant valve. CAREFUL: the detents go